Rajasthan

fort

The langur monkeys seem to have taken over this tractor, and are using it as a hawa ghar to sit on, as well as a launching pad trampoline to jump to the ground and into the trees.

politics · architecture

Bollywood film starring Arjun Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt, Panipat directed by Ashutosh Gowariker is embroiled in a soup over misrepresentation of the character of Raja Surajmal.

ceremony · village

Child marriage is illegal in India, but it still takes place in a few rural areas where it is considered a traditional religious practice. Very small child forced to get married in Rajasthan Mass Child marriage ceremony.

I don't need to say it, but the mafia that works in Rajasthan - Sanjay ji belongs to that area, and the protagonist of the film is also from that area. The story is from Rajasthan.

desert · river

The Kuldhara village is located 18 kms to the west of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan in the heart of the Thar desert very close to the India-Pakistan border. The village was established by Kuldhar sub-caste of Paliwal Brahmins 1291.

wildlife · birds

Lovely audio of a group of vocalizing Grey Francolin or safed teetar at Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, India.

wildlife · birds

A striking White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) is captured holding an insect firmly in its chonch (beak) near Sambhar Lake.

desert · farmland

Satbiri Devi has planted 6500 Olive trees in her orchard in Rajasthan, at the edge of Thar desert, driving back the desert in one small area.

village

Like an army of open gapes - armed, toothed and dangerous, this writhing mass of Catfish populate a village water tank in Rajasthan, being fed by tourists and villagers alike. They fight for food and even bite each other in the process.

birds

A White-breasted Kingfisher waits out the white hot 55 degree Celcius heat of the summer daytime in Rajasthan, waiting for evening time when it will be less hot. It keeps its beak open to aid in transpiration and to mildly cool its body.

flowers · desert

Sapna Bhatia on India's western desert flora, the vilayati keekar or Prosopis juliflora problem on the Delhi Ridge, Kupi luwak and the civet coffee and other stories from the Indian cultural, food and foraging landscapes.

wildlife · birds

The Keoladeo National Park or Keoladeo Ghana National Park formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India is a famous avifauna sanctuary that plays host to thousands of birds especially during the summer seaso…

hills · fort

Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan reveals its dramatic beauty. Padam Talao stretches across the foreground, its calm waters reflecting the sky and the greenery of the island at its center, dotted with ancient stone structures and fort…

wildlife · birds

White-crowned Penduline Tit as seen in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan. The second is the more common Black-lored Tit. Seen it in Landour, Motidhar, and in Denwa Satpuda in winter.

wildlife · forest

Quite the best experience one can have at Sariska is a stay at Sariska Manor right next to the Tehla gate of the Sariska National Park in Rajasthan.

temple · fort

The Sathis Deori Temple (also known as Sattavish Deori Temple) is a complex of twenty-seven Jain temples within the Chittorgarh Fort in Rajasthan, India.

forest · wildlife

Spot the spots: Leopard or Panther lap water from a forest pool, roam the forests of Jhalana at the edge of Jaipur city in Rajasthan, India.

industry

Drilling, quarrying and Marble mining operations in Rajasthan cause widespread Aravalli habitat loss, plant species destruction and water recharge upheavals, including destruction of traditional water recharge basins that feed Aravalli aqui…

Sanjay Dutt's Afghani girlfriend Nadia was seen at the outdoor shoot of Mahbooba in Rajasthan. He spent all his time with her in the makeup van and not on the shoot.

lake · river

Gathering Salt into little mounds and mopping it away from dry pond, at Shakambari Jheel Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan Small hillocks of salt gathered and transported away from red soils of Shakambari Jheel at Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan Loops of…

desert

desert · aerial

Very sparse vegetation in an arid landscape. The odd desert shrub defines the edges of the Thar desert.

Bobby Deol: "Mujhe Rajasthan se bahot pyar hai, mausam bahut kamaal ka hai, ret bahut hain, par garmi me bhi mazaa hain! while filming one day, a sand storm came in. I had never seen one.